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Be the doer, not the worker

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There are lot of differences between a regular employee and a high-performer. There are a lot of things that make people successful in what they do. One in particular is the attitude. I believe most of you have already had the chance to experience both sides of the stick.

What I consider a strong differentiator is whether one is “WORKING” or “GETTING THINGS DONE”.

A lot of people are employed and they are working.

Working means showing up. Working means following rules. Working means leaving when it’s over. Working means checking time. Working means fear. Working means not-trusting. Working means retaining the status quo.

Getting things done is pretty much simpler. You show up so you can meet who you need, access resources you need. You follow rules which help you to achieve and change those that don’t. You stay late, when needed. You leave early when you can. You check progress, not the time. You feel needed. You trust others to get their things done. You challenge the status quo.

I think the 8 hours work time is obsolete in this age. The amount of time and resources that the companies spend on tracking the time and squeezing every drop of energy from resources in those 8 hours! That could be better invested in clearing out WHAT NEEDS TO GET DONE!

And how much pressure employees feel, if they end up working in environment where occasional browsing of internet makes them think “What if someone sees me? They’ll think I’m not working…” Wouldn’t it be easier if all the employees were given as much freedom as possible and only have the THINGS TO GET DONE?

Now I know there’s a lot of companies, a lot of cultures, a lot of systems and exceptions why this cannot be done just like that… Blah, blah, blah…

There’s the way WE can be the employees (or entrepreneurs, or volunteers) who GET THINGS DONE, RATHER THAN WORK. We can manage our employees/colleagues/partners that way. We can influence the system not to accept working, but only getting things done.